Does anyone know the phrase? Yep, the phrase is kind of expressing the nature of human, which is a wolf to another. Some of you may agree with this, while some are totally the opposite. How about myself?
In my opinion, this phrase is only fit to the competitive environment. One of the most competitive environment is sport events. It's true that there has to be only one winner in any kind of sport competition. Each person or team needs to explore all his/her/its capability to be the number one. One thing to be remembered is that all participants have to compete in a good manner and present fairness to others. Once there's a cheating, the winner is never to be approved.
Another competitive environment is a contest, for example singing contest. In a singing contest, each singer has to explore his/her voice, so that he/she can sing songs meeting or even beyond the judges' expectation. One thing to be remembered also is all the judges have to give fair rating and also be objective. Once there's no fairness, the spectators will not be satisfy with the results.
How about in daily live? Normally, ideally, we can't approve the condition of "homo homini lupus" to be happened. There has to be symbiotic mutualism in our live. Each person shall help another and shall not kill each other. Thus, we can run our life peacefully and achieve our common goals together.
However, this condition is seldom happened now. Many men and women in every community kick each others' ass down, so that he/she can be the number one. They think if they can reach the highest position, there will be much more profits to be gained. Sometimes they have to take their friends and relatives down to the ground to be the winner.
But is it worth it? Off course the answer will be NO. Why? If a person kick others down, hit them right on their face, smash them hard, plus being unfair to them, even you can achieve the highest position, others won't like and trust him/her anymore. Unfortunately, not many people realize this. They don't think that it's just going to take him/her down once more to the condition where he/she is nothing, sooner or later. Their allies will runaway, leave him/her alone forever.
Although everyone knows this, I don't think that a peaceful life can be achieved in the near future. But once again, who knows that someday there will be someone who can make a wake-up call to all of us, that "homo homini lupus" is not an option to run daily lives.
So, who will be the wake-up call guy/girl? :D